whim
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It means they can catch casual shoppers who "pop their head around the door" and decide on a whim to get their child vaccinated.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
I decided on a whim to drive 18 miles across town to the Santa Monica Farmers Market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Institutional judgment becomes meaningless when operational directives can be rewritten on a whim overnight.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
You don’t go to Dave & Buster’s on a whim.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Yet their generosity was so wholehearted it looked like carelessness, and they did their best to satisfy every whim Hagar had.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
They’re expressions of his whims, and as such they’re totally ineffective.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
If you bet money on whims and hunches, you’ll pull it right back out based on gut feelings, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
It’s just the latest sign that the launch of a whole ecosystem of ETFs has done little to buttress bitcoin against the whims of mercurial investors.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
A more Zen note was struck by a man named Peter, visiting from California, who does not like Trump but refused to let the president’s whims detract from his D.C. tour.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026
If we can turn it on and off, on whims, it isn’t likely that our genes are providing the detailed instructions.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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